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how do we grow the economy? the old way, send our money to washington and try to grow it top down or take money out of slow government and put it in the american people's pockets and invest and grow the economy naturally and organicly. there is a new republican agenda. >> what is the bold economic idea that you would like president obama to run on? you are in a big city. you see the impact of the economy every day. what is the big idea he ought to be running on? >> making sure he gets the congress to pass the infrastructure investments we have been talking about for more than two years that republicans and democrats have traditionally agreed upon and get the country moving again. we know that infrastructure generates jobs. and facts have to matter in this election. alex referenced mitt romney's 4.7 unemployment. the president had to deal with the worst economy in 80 years. he had much tougher challenges than mitt romney ever had. and the fact of the matter is 40 months in to barack obama's presidency jobs were c
how do we grow the economy? the old way, send our money to washington and try to grow it top down or take money out of slow government and put it in the american people's pockets and invest and grow the economy naturally and organicly. there is a new republican agenda. >> what is the bold economic idea that you would like president obama to run on? you are in a big city. you see the impact of the economy every day. what is the big idea he ought to be running on? >> making sure he...
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economy. what do you do to get the economy growing again. do you have to slash budge elts here in the u.s. if you're going to get the economy to grow or not. that's going to be a debate for the campaign and fall as well. assistant majority leader and democratic illinois senator dick durbin and chairman of the house budget committee paul ryan republican of wisconsin, welcome to both of you this morning. >> thank you. >> good morning, gregory. >> good morning, dick. >> chairman ryan, let me start with you. this question of austerity in europe. they had failing economies, nearly depressed economies, the answer throughout the region was to slash their budgets. has it failed? >> well, no, david. i would say they've also raised taxes. they have -- this is a cautionary tale of what happens when politicians who make a lot of empty promises end up running out of the ability to borrow money at cheap rates and now they're broken promises. it's a cautionary tale of what will happen to us if we stay on the path we're on. we're saying let's get on growth
economy. what do you do to get the economy growing again. do you have to slash budge elts here in the u.s. if you're going to get the economy to grow or not. that's going to be a debate for the campaign and fall as well. assistant majority leader and democratic illinois senator dick durbin and chairman of the house budget committee paul ryan republican of wisconsin, welcome to both of you this morning. >> thank you. >> good morning, gregory. >> good morning, dick. >>...
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it's a tough economy still. people are living with the scars of the crisis, the worst since the great depression. you can see the damage in high unemployment, housing is still weak. it's not surprising that you see that. consumer confidence is gradually getting stronger and business confidence is gradually getting stronger. the business of america is business. business sector looks really pretty strong now, high-tech is strong, manufacturing pretty strong. energy, huge boom, agriculture pretty strong, exports coming back, private investments are growing. those are encouraging signs of strength. what hurt us in 2010 and '11 is the crisis in europe, the crisis in japan and the oil price shock. as fewer of those things receded a bit, the economy has strengthened. we have a long way to go, a lot of challenges ahead. what we should be doing is working with congress to get people back to work, making the economy stronger right now. >> a lot the people look at the stock market and those jie rags and wonder what to make
it's a tough economy still. people are living with the scars of the crisis, the worst since the great depression. you can see the damage in high unemployment, housing is still weak. it's not surprising that you see that. consumer confidence is gradually getting stronger and business confidence is gradually getting stronger. the business of america is business. business sector looks really pretty strong now, high-tech is strong, manufacturing pretty strong. energy, huge boom, agriculture pretty...
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it's been a very tough economy. it's barack obama, whose first bill he signed, was lily ledbetter fair pay act which allows women to fight for equal pay for equal work. women are still making only 78 cents on the dollar. mitt romney, his hero is the governor from wisconsin who got rid of the equal pay laws there. this president has focused on women's economic opportunity. one of the biggest challenges for women-owned businesses is access to capital, president obama has focused on increasing access to capital. women start their businesses with eight times less capital than men. president obama is also focused on education. pell grants are often used by women. he's increased the number of pell grants for women, over 2 million. it's an enormous investment in women's future and potential. when you look at the health care debate, overwhelmingly it affects women. if you look at medicare and medicaid, both disproportionately used by women. mitt romney would like to privatize medicare and medicaid. that's not going to help
it's been a very tough economy. it's barack obama, whose first bill he signed, was lily ledbetter fair pay act which allows women to fight for equal pay for equal work. women are still making only 78 cents on the dollar. mitt romney, his hero is the governor from wisconsin who got rid of the equal pay laws there. this president has focused on women's economic opportunity. one of the biggest challenges for women-owned businesses is access to capital, president obama has focused on increasing...
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is it a game change for the economy. just 69,000 jobs created sending the unemployment rate to 8.2%. and stocks sliding. is this another spring slump or worse, the sign of a slow down. >> the economy is growing again but not as fast as we want it to grow. >> mitt romney who this week clinched the nominee sees an opening. >> the president always has someone to blame. the truth is the job of the president is to get america back to work. >> sure it is about the economy but president obama wants to make it about governor romney's record in massachusetts. this week current governor deval patrick and governor of ohio, john kasich. patrick and kasich square off. and then analysis from our round table on the state of the campaign. with us kevin madden and from the senator for america progress neera tanden. finally, would this outburst from an illinois legislator more than just a youtube moment. >> you should be ashamed of yourself. i'm sick of it. >> beyond the screaming, the problem with our politics and with washington in this
is it a game change for the economy. just 69,000 jobs created sending the unemployment rate to 8.2%. and stocks sliding. is this another spring slump or worse, the sign of a slow down. >> the economy is growing again but not as fast as we want it to grow. >> mitt romney who this week clinched the nominee sees an opening. >> the president always has someone to blame. the truth is the job of the president is to get america back to work. >> sure it is about the economy but...
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they had failing economies, nearly depressed economies, the answer throughout the region was to slash their budgets. has it failed? >> well, no, david. i would say they've also raised taxes. they have -- this is a cautionary tale of what happens when politicians who make a lot of empty promises end up running out of the ability to borrow money at cheap rates and now they're broken promises. it's a cautionary tale of what will happen to us if we stay on the path we're on. we're saying let's get on growth and off austerity. get our borrowing under control, heading tax reform for economic growth and presenting medicare, social security and medicaid from going bankrupt. that prevents austerity. the president, his budget, the fact the senate hasn't done a budget in three years puts us on a path like austerity. >> this is the problem, senator. whether if the president's message to european leaders is your approach hasn't worked. he wants a progrowth agenda. what does that mean? more taxes? more spending? more stimulus? is that his answer for the u.s. economy as well. >> no, david. i can tel
they had failing economies, nearly depressed economies, the answer throughout the region was to slash their budgets. has it failed? >> well, no, david. i would say they've also raised taxes. they have -- this is a cautionary tale of what happens when politicians who make a lot of empty promises end up running out of the ability to borrow money at cheap rates and now they're broken promises. it's a cautionary tale of what will happen to us if we stay on the path we're on. we're saying...
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he will try to misqualify romney as an acceptable alternative on the economy, and the economy is tough. look at the job numbers on friday. sluggish job creation is still a problem for this administration as they talk about that. with all that background, i sat down with vice president joe biden here on friday. mr. vice president, welcome back. always good to have you. >> good to be here. >> topic a is the economy. we have new job numbers out. the unemployment rate is at 8.1%. last month 115,000 jobs created. sluggish by most estimations. the previous month 120,000 jobs. this is a jobless recovery? >> no, no. we created 4,250,000 jobs. last month's job numbers very eevaluated and it's up to 150,000 and the month before 250. this goes up and down, but there's a steady path. 26 months straight employment gain, private employment, but there's a lot more to do. >> the net jobs are down in terms of jobs created. you've lost a ton of jobs over the course of this administration because of the financial crisis. there is this idea of stagnation out there. what was economic recovery seems to have
he will try to misqualify romney as an acceptable alternative on the economy, and the economy is tough. look at the job numbers on friday. sluggish job creation is still a problem for this administration as they talk about that. with all that background, i sat down with vice president joe biden here on friday. mr. vice president, welcome back. always good to have you. >> good to be here. >> topic a is the economy. we have new job numbers out. the unemployment rate is at 8.1%. last...
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the economy is getting stronger! the recovery is speeding up. >> what impact will the extension of the payroll tax cut have on jobs? with us this morning, republican chairman of the house budget committee, paul ryan, and democratic congressman, chris van hollen. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> nine days to go for voters to go to the polls in arizona, and contraception issues back in the news. and rick santorum with a range of issues in what he called a phoney agenda. listen. >> it's not about you. it's not about you. it's not abouter quality of life or about your job. it's about some phoney ideal. some phoney theology. not a theology based on the bible, a different theology, but no less a theology. >> and paul ryan, republican of wisconsin and the ranking member, and chris van hollen. we are in the heat of a presidential campaign here, and a primary fight on the republican side and i want to ask more about the serial issues. rick santorum talked about a phoney theology, as he put it, that the presid
the economy is getting stronger! the recovery is speeding up. >> what impact will the extension of the payroll tax cut have on jobs? with us this morning, republican chairman of the house budget committee, paul ryan, and democratic congressman, chris van hollen. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> nine days to go for voters to go to the polls in arizona, and contraception issues back in the news. and rick santorum with a range of issues in what he called a phoney...
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this economy? >> of course, he does. >> matt lauer nailed him into that coffin. my question, does david wish he had that to take back, the president owns this economy? >> it doesn't matter what he says. it matters what the american think. clearly the american people are looking forward and they're not looking backwards. there is some justification for the fact that a previous president got the economy into this mess, but that is irrelevant in terms of the president's re-election prospects. he has to provide a vision for the future for america. chris: the president has to cover for the fact that he had six months walking into office, the first six months of his presidency which were terrible due to what he inherited, but he has to explain it, all of it. >> he made a fundamental miss calculation at the beginning of his presidency and his own people, his former economic advisors talks about this. they assumed the economy was like a v, straight down but then would bounce back. chris: like under reagan.
this economy? >> of course, he does. >> matt lauer nailed him into that coffin. my question, does david wish he had that to take back, the president owns this economy? >> it doesn't matter what he says. it matters what the american think. clearly the american people are looking forward and they're not looking backwards. there is some justification for the fact that a previous president got the economy into this mess, but that is irrelevant in terms of the president's...
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their opponent is this economy. and this is stagnation is something that they think they know how to muddle through and win an election like this but it's certainly not the way they prefer. they did expect to see the economy growing a little bit more and you could just see in the president's body language today when he made his remarks about the job numbers, it took him 20 minutes to get there because he has to explain the depths of the recession to convince voters why we haven't recovered yet but recovery could still come. >> steve, you heard tom costello say there are some positives. should we be optimistic? >> there are a few reasons for optimism. tom ticked a couple off. gas prices are down. high gas prices may have been something that really slowed down hiring in the spring and now into the summer here. housing has kicked up off the bottom. we have some rising house prices. wages were also up pretty decently in this report. those who are working are making a little more and they are working a little bit longer
their opponent is this economy. and this is stagnation is something that they think they know how to muddle through and win an election like this but it's certainly not the way they prefer. they did expect to see the economy growing a little bit more and you could just see in the president's body language today when he made his remarks about the job numbers, it took him 20 minutes to get there because he has to explain the depths of the recession to convince voters why we haven't recovered yet...
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whether it's the economy. you saw republican members of congress openly this week in articles saying i can do anything on the economy before the election because they want to help romney. it's a remarkable thing. this is just, this is again the department of homeland security, this is an enforcement position. and so, we need a permanent solution. we are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. the president has often said those two things don't need to be in conflict. and the only pathway here is now senator mccain should get some credit because he unlike a lot of members of his party currently has tried to accomplish something on the congressional forum and ultimately i think we're going to get that done but in the meantime congress hasn't acted. so if they want to do something about this, they ought to pass the dream act right away. >> this president has dramatically increased the number of deportations, getting illegal immigrants back out of the country. he has not, as he had hoped to do and promise to
whether it's the economy. you saw republican members of congress openly this week in articles saying i can do anything on the economy before the election because they want to help romney. it's a remarkable thing. this is just, this is again the department of homeland security, this is an enforcement position. and so, we need a permanent solution. we are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. the president has often said those two things don't need to be in conflict. and the only pathway...
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i understand how our economy works. i've lived in the economy. i also understand how to work across the aisle. you get elected in massachusetts where 87% of your legislature is in the opposition party, you've got to work with people across the aisle. i know how to do that. i'm going to work like crazy to break the deadlock in washington and to get america on the right track. i actually think that because we're at this precipice economically, at the precipice fiscally as a nation as well, that there are going to be good democrats and good republicans who have shown respect and if they see a president that's willing to work with them to share credit with them, to encourage them and pull them along, we're going to be able to deal with the challenges we have. if not, i'm going to die trying. i'm going to do everything in my power to fix this country. >> governor, you're in a unique position. you had both parents seek high office and both fell short. victory in this race in november will be humbling enough because of the problems this country faces. b
i understand how our economy works. i've lived in the economy. i also understand how to work across the aisle. you get elected in massachusetts where 87% of your legislature is in the opposition party, you've got to work with people across the aisle. i know how to do that. i'm going to work like crazy to break the deadlock in washington and to get america on the right track. i actually think that because we're at this precipice economically, at the precipice fiscally as a nation as well, that...
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make this economy vibrant. and continue on the path to adding jobs in it. >> the question of the deciders and the women's vote. you heard ed galles pirks e. we've heard governor romney saying this is squarely fwoing to be an issue of the economy and how women in this economy if you want to focus on that particular voting group, how they are fairing. you heard ed gallespie go through his version of the record for president obama when it comes to women. as he said, women are not stupid and they are going to still vote on the economy. how do you respond to that? >> well, i think sometimes you listen to the romney campaign, and they do think a lot of people in this country are stupid. because, david, their message is, you didn't clean up our mess fast enough. okay? as i said, we've had 11 consecutive months of positive economic growth. 25 consecutive months of positive private sector job growth. the republicans, again, they want to return to the policies -- not of strengthening the middle class, but instead of givi
make this economy vibrant. and continue on the path to adding jobs in it. >> the question of the deciders and the women's vote. you heard ed galles pirks e. we've heard governor romney saying this is squarely fwoing to be an issue of the economy and how women in this economy if you want to focus on that particular voting group, how they are fairing. you heard ed gallespie go through his version of the record for president obama when it comes to women. as he said, women are not stupid and...
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point that even if the economy is getting stronger, we could have been doing a lot better. how? >> let me go back a little bit because we had a crisis, we should acknowledge that. i think president bush and president obama took extraordinary measures the old fashioned american world. i think they stopped a system from getting dramatically worse. that's true. in the last two years, i can never prove this, the debt ceiling crisis and failure to do something on simpson bowls, if you travel around, you should ask people yourself, this huge regulatory push, not financial, just in general, the lack of fiscal certainty and tax certainty, those things have hurt the ability to grow. we have been growing but it would have been faster had we gotten the basic things right. >> you talk about 4 million private sector jobs being created. over what time frame? >> the last two years. >> you think it could be double that? >> i can't proef it. i think it would have been a lot more had we not had the negatives i spoke about. the great american economic business machine is raring to go and in g
point that even if the economy is getting stronger, we could have been doing a lot better. how? >> let me go back a little bit because we had a crisis, we should acknowledge that. i think president bush and president obama took extraordinary measures the old fashioned american world. i think they stopped a system from getting dramatically worse. that's true. in the last two years, i can never prove this, the debt ceiling crisis and failure to do something on simpson bowls, if you travel...
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but also a down economy. jimmy carter has a down economy as well. and the reality is, that this president still is facing a down economy. >> but you can overcome a down economy with the graph you showed. it's really the trajectory that matters. but to me the signature weakness of the obama campaign has been the lack of a second term message. i think that people fire the passion for hey don't show the job. that's to me why that first debate was so devastating for president obama, because it underscored people's worst views of what the president could be, kind of listless, lacking fight, lacking passion. i remember the 1992 campaign. that was kind of the book on george h.w. bush, he just didn't have fire for the job beyond, i ought to be re-elected. you have to have a message beyond i'm entitled to be re-elected. >> the obama people made an interesting calculation, which is we have problems with the economy so we'll make our campaign about mitt romney. and it may work politically. that's the campaign that the republicans have done as well very success
but also a down economy. jimmy carter has a down economy as well. and the reality is, that this president still is facing a down economy. >> but you can overcome a down economy with the graph you showed. it's really the trajectory that matters. but to me the signature weakness of the obama campaign has been the lack of a second term message. i think that people fire the passion for hey don't show the job. that's to me why that first debate was so devastating for president obama, because...
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it'sicismmatic of the american economy. the figure you just cited-- 40% think we're in the right direction. why do the other 60% think no? because there's a women. the openers of the nfl teams are making tremendous money. they have very rich franchises and all referees want is a secure retirement, same thing that has been going on for decades here. if you look at america over the last 30, 40 years a wedge has been driven into our economic system. the middle class has stayed flat. the sense u bureau said roost year the average wage of a male worker is dead the same in 2011 as it was in 1978. 30 years of going nowhere. at the top, the top 1%, ther income went up 600% while the middle class is flat. that's why you're getting those figures. that's why we're getting slow growth. the middle class isn't being paid well enough so there's not enough demand to push our economy. the middle class are the job creators, and we're ignoring them. >> schieffer: bob woodward, your book kind of gets into that in a very contemporary way. you'r
it'sicismmatic of the american economy. the figure you just cited-- 40% think we're in the right direction. why do the other 60% think no? because there's a women. the openers of the nfl teams are making tremendous money. they have very rich franchises and all referees want is a secure retirement, same thing that has been going on for decades here. if you look at america over the last 30, 40 years a wedge has been driven into our economic system. the middle class has stayed flat. the sense u...
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women are leaders in this economy and in our political party. let's start treating them as whole people. >> the debate will continue. we'll leave it there. thank you all very much for being here. i want to mention a couple of programming notes before we go. i'll be joining nbc's prime-time coverage of the democratic national convention in charlotte. it all starts tuesday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 7:00 pacific on your local nbc station. that is all for today. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's "meet the so, what's the problem? these are hot. we're shipping 'em everywhere. but we can't predict our shipping costs. dallas. detroit. different rates. well with us, it's the same flat rate. same flat rate. boston. boise? same flat rate. alabama. alaska? with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. dude's good. dude's real good. dudes. priority mail flat rate boxes. starting at just $5.15. only from the postal service. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game c
women are leaders in this economy and in our political party. let's start treating them as whole people. >> the debate will continue. we'll leave it there. thank you all very much for being here. i want to mention a couple of programming notes before we go. i'll be joining nbc's prime-time coverage of the democratic national convention in charlotte. it all starts tuesday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 7:00 pacific on your local nbc station. that is all for today. we'll be back next week. if it's...
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how many times did we hear the word "fairness" about economy, the taxes. this is the argument he wants to make. >> anything wrong with reminding people that as a nation we're best when we have each other's backs what is great about america? >> the other thing that struck me about this was that we know that the president paints the most presidential candidate that paints the optimistic picture does usually end up winning election or re-election. it was interesting. usually when you hear populism, it can have a little bit of a tinge of anger or resentment in it. this was, if you will, the optimistic populism. basically we've got to start rooting for everything in here was definitely about america first, a little bit of nationalism in here, but in that optimistic tone saying we've got to build jobs here. let's make companies do it here, let people do their fair share. it's clear when you had aides admit we'll hear a lot of this on the campaign trail that this was an attempt to set the political agenda and the campaign's agenda. >> in fairness, the rich need t
how many times did we hear the word "fairness" about economy, the taxes. this is the argument he wants to make. >> anything wrong with reminding people that as a nation we're best when we have each other's backs what is great about america? >> the other thing that struck me about this was that we know that the president paints the most presidential candidate that paints the optimistic picture does usually end up winning election or re-election. it was interesting. usually...
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down economy now? >> i think the president has drawn the line in the proper way. he believes, and i agree, that the top 2% of wage earners in america should pay their fair share. that's what this comes down to. and if we extend the bush tax cuts, as senator kyl and others have called for, it will add $800 billion to our deficit -- >> but senator he wasn't willing to do that two years ago. he was concerned about the economy. >> he was concerned and still is. we have seen 28 straight months of job creation in the private sector. we want to continue it, and build on it. and we believe that asking the top 2% of wage earners in america to pay their fair share of taxes is not going to kill the economy. instead it's going to make sure we move forward reduction of our deficit. the republicans have failed to explain even one of them how we can continue to give tax cuts to the wealthiest people in our country, and realistically, honestly reduce the deficit. >> senator kyl? >> we're not talking about giving tax c
down economy now? >> i think the president has drawn the line in the proper way. he believes, and i agree, that the top 2% of wage earners in america should pay their fair share. that's what this comes down to. and if we extend the bush tax cuts, as senator kyl and others have called for, it will add $800 billion to our deficit -- >> but senator he wasn't willing to do that two years ago. he was concerned about the economy. >> he was concerned and still is. we have seen 28...
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and that has, without question, an impact on this economy. so you look at just energy alone, throw on top of that the implementation of obamacare and regulations and other types of high-cost regulations this president has set a record on the number of high-cost regulations. what i've said on day one, i'll repeal every one of those regulations that costs over $100 million. the house of representatives have repeatedly week after week tried to repeal a lot of these regulations that are damaging business and will over the long haul. so there's a variety of things the president is doing right now to hurt the economy that we could immediately turn around and put a lot of wind at the back of this economy and see real dynamic growth and sustainable growth. most of the economists will tell you that the growth under this president, while it's been good certainly the last three months from the standpoint of employment, that the underlying growth numbers are not going to support dramatic job growth until we get that number turned around. >> you can't tel
and that has, without question, an impact on this economy. so you look at just energy alone, throw on top of that the implementation of obamacare and regulations and other types of high-cost regulations this president has set a record on the number of high-cost regulations. what i've said on day one, i'll repeal every one of those regulations that costs over $100 million. the house of representatives have repeatedly week after week tried to repeal a lot of these regulations that are damaging...
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an economy with 7.8% unemployment is not a real strong economy. an economy that has 23 million people looking for work is not a strong economy. an economy with 50% of kids graduating from college that can't find a job or a college-level job, that's not what we have to have. i will help women in america get good work by getting a stronger economy and by supporting women in the work force. >> mr. president, why don't you get in on this quickly, please. >> katherine, when governor romney's campaign was asked about the ledbetter bill, whether he supported it, he said i'll get back to you. that's not the kind of advocacy women need in any economy. there's other issues that have a bearing on how women succeed in the workplace. for example, their health care. a major difference in this campaign is that governor romney feels comfortable having politicians in washington decide the health care choices that women are making. i think that's a mistake. in my health care bill i said insurance companies need to provide contraceptive coverage to everybody who is
an economy with 7.8% unemployment is not a real strong economy. an economy that has 23 million people looking for work is not a strong economy. an economy with 50% of kids graduating from college that can't find a job or a college-level job, that's not what we have to have. i will help women in america get good work by getting a stronger economy and by supporting women in the work force. >> mr. president, why don't you get in on this quickly, please. >> katherine, when governor...
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the economy showing real signs of recovery. is barack obama one of those guys who the world keeps turning up good? despite all of the good trends this interconnected world has lots of loose ends. things look good for obama now, but events could elect romney. obama is singing happy days, but it's america, is he too far ahead of the parade to hear its music. finally, offshore warnings, could this war with iran change everything and could the killing of americans in afghanistan drive us to quit? could either of these crisis flare up and leave this white house burnt. hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, the "washington post" bob woodward, cnbc's becky quick, the "washington post" kathleen parker and the "national journal's" major garrett. while republicans are having to explain rush limbaugh's hatefulness this week, barack obama is radiating optimism these days. the president is channeling that old ronald reagan morning in america. here he was on tuesday. >> i'm not going to settle for a country where a few d
the economy showing real signs of recovery. is barack obama one of those guys who the world keeps turning up good? despite all of the good trends this interconnected world has lots of loose ends. things look good for obama now, but events could elect romney. obama is singing happy days, but it's america, is he too far ahead of the parade to hear its music. finally, offshore warnings, could this war with iran change everything and could the killing of americans in afghanistan drive us to quit?...
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i thought we were talking about the economy, and paul ryan wants to talk more about the economy, but the reality is, in the republican race, social issues seem to be energizing the base and fueling rick santorum. >> the question is whether it will energize the base and help to win the primary, and perhaps go on to the nomination, or whether this is going to debill tate the republican party when they need to go up against barack obama, and women who generally accept birth control. >> this aspirin business, foster freeze, a santorum supporter said to you on your program the best would be an aspirin, and rick santorum said that was a bad joke. and then patty murray wrote this based on that, and also that all-male image of the contraception hearing. i feel she wrote like i woke up on the set of "mad men." and when women could put aspirin in between their knees to avoid getting pregnant, this after republicans opened up a hearing on birth control and banned women from testifying. we already accumulated 65,000 signatures on the agenda, and i am too bad to stop. it's time to punish people b
i thought we were talking about the economy, and paul ryan wants to talk more about the economy, but the reality is, in the republican race, social issues seem to be energizing the base and fueling rick santorum. >> the question is whether it will energize the base and help to win the primary, and perhaps go on to the nomination, or whether this is going to debill tate the republican party when they need to go up against barack obama, and women who generally accept birth control. >>...
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i want him to concentrate on the economy and jobs. he had to bailout the auto industry, now that they are doing well, let's see what he's f he can do when he's given an even hand. >> we'll be more with harvey weinstein and director stock well after this. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's
i want him to concentrate on the economy and jobs. he had to bailout the auto industry, now that they are doing well, let's see what he's f he can do when he's given an even hand. >> we'll be more with harvey weinstein and director stock well after this. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not...
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in the economy? >> it's better in new york and across the country, and as mitt said it's not running away on the up side, and there's lots of storm clouds we have to worry about. what disturbs me when you listen to all of the rhetoric in the campaign, nobody is talking about how they will close an $8 trillion deficit in the next few years, and how do you make it fair when you have to increase revenue. you cannot cut your way out of this, and when you cut what things will you cut? every time i listen to the cut program, it's i will protect your program if you protect mine. what the president should do is veto any extension in the bush tax cuts,nd we are in this together and adopt the simpson-bowles plan, and it was not horse trading but trying to strike a balance between the things we want and like. >> you don't think we need the deficit reduction by cutting taxes? >> well, the only way you get $4 trillion, which is half of the deficit we need to close, is that if you make sure the bush tax cuts go aw
in the economy? >> it's better in new york and across the country, and as mitt said it's not running away on the up side, and there's lots of storm clouds we have to worry about. what disturbs me when you listen to all of the rhetoric in the campaign, nobody is talking about how they will close an $8 trillion deficit in the next few years, and how do you make it fair when you have to increase revenue. you cannot cut your way out of this, and when you cut what things will you cut? every...
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the strength on the economy. the question is, how much can be sustained going forward? >> economists worry about a summer slow down when higher gas and food prices will take a bite out of paychecks that aren't growing. even as home sales are picking up across most of the country, experts are racing for a wave of foreclosures. but businesses are hiring. employers have added an average of 245,000 jobs a month since december. quinn dowtin was hired last month after looking for a full-time job for the last three years. >> having to temp was horrible because i didn't feel stable. >> one third of employers have added full-time employees this year, the highest since the recession began. this man expects to hire as many as ten employees as his small brooklyn bakery. >> people want to buy the loaf of bread, they want to try something new. they're happy to indulge in something new, which i would say a year ago, two years ago, if might not have been that way. >> the good news is that firing has abated and employment is begi
the strength on the economy. the question is, how much can be sustained going forward? >> economists worry about a summer slow down when higher gas and food prices will take a bite out of paychecks that aren't growing. even as home sales are picking up across most of the country, experts are racing for a wave of foreclosures. but businesses are hiring. employers have added an average of 245,000 jobs a month since december. quinn dowtin was hired last month after looking for a full-time...
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we are in for a long, hard slog to get the economy back. chris: he's got a problem with the unemployment rate and people not trying to get jobs anymore, bob woodward who has superb timing is coming out with a book talking about then failure to try to get a debt ceiling agreement last summer, to try to give confidence to the markets he goes after the lineup and said they don't have the team there. >> stories about the white house team isn't as important in a -- in an election year like the behavior of a president. the question at the heart of this is who do you trust? which isn't changing. voters aren't sure he knows how to fix the economy. but he understands their problems. the opposite is true of romney, he know house to fix the my but he doesn't understand their situations. >> this is why you're seeing such a negative portrait of mitt romney, he's private equity, he's big business, wall street, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, because they want to make sure that americans don't see him as strong on the economy, they want to make sur
we are in for a long, hard slog to get the economy back. chris: he's got a problem with the unemployment rate and people not trying to get jobs anymore, bob woodward who has superb timing is coming out with a book talking about then failure to try to get a debt ceiling agreement last summer, to try to give confidence to the markets he goes after the lineup and said they don't have the team there. >> stories about the white house team isn't as important in a -- in an election year like the...
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jobs and the economy, taxes and spending. i'm worried about the war of the administration, and democrat governors on the american taxpayer. more taxes, more spending, more debt. even in maryland, you've got proposals to increase the sales tax, the gas tax, the tax on cigars, everything else that moves. this is the issue in the race is who's going to keep taxes low on the american middle class. >> do you think the sense that certainly democrats are talking about it, and that some women feel there is a growing assault on reproductive rights, can it become a more central issue in the race? or is that going to become a side issue, as the governor said? >> i think the central issue in this race is creating jobs and expanding opportunity. i think these cultural -- don't like to use the term wars -- these cultural divisive wedge issues, the rollback of women's rights and other health, rollback averting rights, rollback of workers' rights, all of these things that take us back are not strengthening our chief. and creating jobs. and i
jobs and the economy, taxes and spending. i'm worried about the war of the administration, and democrat governors on the american taxpayer. more taxes, more spending, more debt. even in maryland, you've got proposals to increase the sales tax, the gas tax, the tax on cigars, everything else that moves. this is the issue in the race is who's going to keep taxes low on the american middle class. >> do you think the sense that certainly democrats are talking about it, and that some women...
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that's not a healthy economy. you build the economy from the middle out, not from the top down. the president strongly believes that. that's why he said -- you mentioned the silver spoon remark. his point is when we invest in excellence in young people, and reward responsibility, we all benefit as a country. when we walk away from that, we jeopardize our future. >> there's a lot of questions about the president's ability to break through. if he has another four years, you know, he had a democratic congress when he began this administration. where are the new ideas from the president going to come from to break the impasse on spending, to break the impasse on taxes? to deal with real problems like medicare and social security. those have not been dealt with, which it seems to me, is one of the reasons people look to governor romney. >> i don't think he has a better shot to change business as usual. when all you do is take a negative approach as he has done, the only ideas he's offered are recycled ideas from the last decade. there was a spokesperson at the republican national com
that's not a healthy economy. you build the economy from the middle out, not from the top down. the president strongly believes that. that's why he said -- you mentioned the silver spoon remark. his point is when we invest in excellence in young people, and reward responsibility, we all benefit as a country. when we walk away from that, we jeopardize our future. >> there's a lot of questions about the president's ability to break through. if he has another four years, you know, he had a...
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that would hurt our economy badly. we can get that done. democrats and republicans both say they don't want taxes to go up on middle class families. that's something we all agree on. if we can get that done, that takes a big bite out of the fiscal cliff. it avoids the worst outcomes. and we're then going to have some tough negotiations in terms of how we continue to reduce the deficit, grow the economy and create jobs. >> if the fight comes back -- i want to ask you specifically about entitlements, medicare and social security, are you prepared in the first year of your second term, to significantly reform those two programs, to go beyond the cuts you've suggested to benefits in medicare, which your own debt commission suggested you'd have to do if you were really going to shore up medicare at least. are you prepared to do that in your first year of the second term? >> what i've said is i'm prepared to do everything i can to make sure that medicare and social security are there not just for this generation but for future generations. >> you
that would hurt our economy badly. we can get that done. democrats and republicans both say they don't want taxes to go up on middle class families. that's something we all agree on. if we can get that done, that takes a big bite out of the fiscal cliff. it avoids the worst outcomes. and we're then going to have some tough negotiations in terms of how we continue to reduce the deficit, grow the economy and create jobs. >> if the fight comes back -- i want to ask you specifically about...
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call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for...
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the fight over jobs and the economy. obama, romney, in the same state on the same day. >>> a dramatic day in the jerry sandusky trial. how did the authorities find and approach those victims who kept those secrets for all those years? >>> your money. new fees, confusing charges. lots of big banks are at it again. and what's buried in the pages of fine print could cost you. >>> firestorm, the enemy that's really fueling those fires in the west and could keep firefighters on the job until fall. >>> and a mother's fight to save her daughters and the ground breaking battle that changed what's standing in her way. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. if you were looking for a preview of the upcoming fall election season this was it today. the state of ohio is election central. ohio has given us eight american presidents. it's a hugely valuable swing state. you have to be in it to win it if you want to win in november. that is why both obama and romney were there today slugging it out and the difference between the two
the fight over jobs and the economy. obama, romney, in the same state on the same day. >>> a dramatic day in the jerry sandusky trial. how did the authorities find and approach those victims who kept those secrets for all those years? >>> your money. new fees, confusing charges. lots of big banks are at it again. and what's buried in the pages of fine print could cost you. >>> firestorm, the enemy that's really fueling those fires in the west and could keep...
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declaring the state of the economy was strong. and now obama's facing a guy whose strength was going to be the economy but may have shot himself in the foot by drawing attention to his biggest weakness. foreign policy. romney's haste to jump into the issue may have been a response to the desperation of conservatives like laura ingram. >> if you can't beat barack obama with this record, then shut down the party. because this is a gimme election or at least it should be. chris: major, we got three national polls out there. all of them about likely voters. not just registered voters. all taken within a day of this tragedy in libya. it did account for part of that event. and the president is leading in all three. >> this campaign feels things slipping away. is quieting itself a little bit by saying well, it's the bounce out of the convention. it will dissipate. and the debates will reset things. what we know about this campaign, though, is that every time there's been a potential to reset it, romney hasn't. he has failed to jump on mo
declaring the state of the economy was strong. and now obama's facing a guy whose strength was going to be the economy but may have shot himself in the foot by drawing attention to his biggest weakness. foreign policy. romney's haste to jump into the issue may have been a response to the desperation of conservatives like laura ingram. >> if you can't beat barack obama with this record, then shut down the party. because this is a gimme election or at least it should be. chris: major, we...
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>> america has the best economy in the world. best military,m best universities, our businesses are the envy of the rest of the world, i'm talking about small, medium, and large. widest and deepest, most transparent capital markets and the most hard-working entrepreneur workforce, entrepreneurial from steve jobs to factory floor. we have a pretty good -- we were with dealt a pretty good hand and the economy's getting stronger. it's very hard to measure versus four years ago. >> but you had made the point even if the economy is getting stronger, we could have been doing a lot better. how? >> yeah. so let me go back a little bit, because we had a crisis. we should acknowledge that. i mean, president bush and president obama took extraordinary measures, the old-fashioned american way. they did a lot of things that would have been done normally, but i think they stopped a system from getting dramatically worse. that's true. i think in the last two years, and i can never prove this, the debt ceiling crisis, the failure to do anything
>> america has the best economy in the world. best military,m best universities, our businesses are the envy of the rest of the world, i'm talking about small, medium, and large. widest and deepest, most transparent capital markets and the most hard-working entrepreneur workforce, entrepreneurial from steve jobs to factory floor. we have a pretty good -- we were with dealt a pretty good hand and the economy's getting stronger. it's very hard to measure versus four years ago. >> but...
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a very bad economy that became a bad economy -- why? because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008. so energy is absolutely key to keep all of our country healthy, specifically florida which is a destination place. this is a place that relies upon people being able to travel and afford to be able to travel to come down here. relies upon an economy being strong. i was at a manufacturer in sarasota county and talked to them and the importance of manufacturing jobs. yes, even here in the state of florida, and the price of energy for them to be competitive. it is absolutely essential that we have as much domestic supply of oil, that we build the keystone pipeline, create the jobs that would create and provide oil from domestic sources. pipelines that run on the floor of the sea or pipelines that come through america are the safest way to transport oil. it is tankers that cause more problems, pipelines are the safe way. building the rigs, piping the oil into our shore is the best way to create a good economy for the state of fl
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is that really what the president wanted to say about the economy? what he did say is making headlines tonight. >>> triple crown shocker. the sad story so many people have been talking about today. the horse that was going to run for the triple crown on saturday scratched from the race. >>> outbreak. a wave of deadly e. coli now spreading through the south and elsewhere and they're looking for where it started. >>> and the class of 2012, one of our favorite nights of the year around here. our send off to this year's graduating class. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. the president has been under a lot of pressure on the economy ever since a week ago today when the last round of bad numbers came out on jobs. and every day the european financial uncertainty continues. and so today, he came out before reporters in an attempt to calm the waters, but in a charged political season with the republicans running hard after his job, he declared the private sector is doing fine and then the other side pounced. it's where we begin tonight at the white
is that really what the president wanted to say about the economy? what he did say is making headlines tonight. >>> triple crown shocker. the sad story so many people have been talking about today. the horse that was going to run for the triple crown on saturday scratched from the race. >>> outbreak. a wave of deadly e. coli now spreading through the south and elsewhere and they're looking for where it started. >>> and the class of 2012, one of our favorite nights of...
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the ideas for the economy. when that goes into double digits, 10 or 12, that's when romney's winning. >> do you hear any bipartisanship? >> no and that's the problem. ryan's first name is congressman. congress had a -- our lowest ever approval rating and highest ever for congress. that congressman baggage that romney adopted with ryan i think is something that they're a little nervous about. >> your first name is paul -- >> no one ever referred to him -- >> thank you all very much. it's going to be an exciting convention. a couple of programming notes before we're done here today. you can watch a rebroadcast of today's program this afternoon on msnbc, that's at 2:00 p.m. eastern and then you want to stay there, because right after that at 3:00 is my friend chuck todd, new documentary called "mitt romney, the making of a candidate" and starting tuesday at 10:00 p.m. eastern i will join brian williams and the rest of our nbc political feeds for live coverage of this republican national convention. also check out
the ideas for the economy. when that goes into double digits, 10 or 12, that's when romney's winning. >> do you hear any bipartisanship? >> no and that's the problem. ryan's first name is congressman. congress had a -- our lowest ever approval rating and highest ever for congress. that congressman baggage that romney adopted with ryan i think is something that they're a little nervous about. >> your first name is paul -- >> no one ever referred to him -- >> thank...
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we talk about this uneven nature of the economy. well, the battleground states are in uneven nature. mitt romney can go in certain states and talk about the bad economy and it will resonate. florida, north carolina, nevada. all unemployment rates above the national average. >> the subprime crisis. >> you go to virginia and ohio, two states where the unemployment rate is below the national average and two republican governors will came pain with mitt romney but don't want to dutalk down the economy. you have that tactical struggle. you have some upbeat news particularly in the state of virginia that has weathered the recession differently mostly to contractors and the government. in ohio there's this fight who gets credit for that. the auto industry or the new republican governor? >> is the vision that less government automatically more certainty and therefore the floodgates open and economic growth is ushered in. you heard the vice president say this is bush era republican ideas on steroids. that's the argument. >> david, i have to
we talk about this uneven nature of the economy. well, the battleground states are in uneven nature. mitt romney can go in certain states and talk about the bad economy and it will resonate. florida, north carolina, nevada. all unemployment rates above the national average. >> the subprime crisis. >> you go to virginia and ohio, two states where the unemployment rate is below the national average and two republican governors will came pain with mitt romney but don't want to dutalk...
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it's still about the economy and we're not stupid. by the way, newt gingrich has said if he doesn't win the delaware primary tonight he will reassess his campaign. yes, he was technically still running. >> chuck todd here with us in the studio, as always, thanks. >> you got it. >>> a late development out of washington today in the secret service prostitution scandal, more agents are out, two are resigning. two are being cleared of serious misconduct, but will face administrative action. and a fifth one will have his security clearance taken away, which will lead him to leave the secret service. charles grassley raised a new spector of national security when he told a radio interviewer back home in iowa, "who knows who might be using prostitutes, the russians are famous for that, to get information out of us." grassley says he fears this is the tip of the iceberg and wants an outside investigator. >>> a man who was once in john edward's inner circle, a trusted top aide during the '08 presidential campaign is now the star witness agains
it's still about the economy and we're not stupid. by the way, newt gingrich has said if he doesn't win the delaware primary tonight he will reassess his campaign. yes, he was technically still running. >> chuck todd here with us in the studio, as always, thanks. >> you got it. >>> a late development out of washington today in the secret service prostitution scandal, more agents are out, two are resigning. two are being cleared of serious misconduct, but will face...
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he will head to manufacturing, jobs, and the economy. angie goff now with a breakdown of the highlights of the state of the union address. >> reporter: good morning, in an election year, much of what the president laid out in last night's speech may be a long shot. but if nothing else, it foreshadows the obama administration's campaign strategy and may have outlined the key issues come november. now one of the biggest themes for the president of the economy. specifically he was talking about taxes. he called on congress to impose what he calls the buffett rule, requiring americans who make $1 million a year or more to pay at least 30% in taxes. he also pushed the payroll tax cut and calls for lower rates for u.s. manufactures who keep jobs in the country. along the same lines, the president called for easier, more streamlined job training and commitment to train two million americans with skills that will lead directly to a job. and a chance for homeowners who are up to date on their mortgage to refinance at historically low rates. now s
he will head to manufacturing, jobs, and the economy. angie goff now with a breakdown of the highlights of the state of the union address. >> reporter: good morning, in an election year, much of what the president laid out in last night's speech may be a long shot. but if nothing else, it foreshadows the obama administration's campaign strategy and may have outlined the key issues come november. now one of the biggest themes for the president of the economy. specifically he was talking...
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the economy, stupid. friday the last jobs report before the election. last month, it gave the president a boost. will the october number matter more? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "time" magazine's joe klein. the bbc's katty kay. cnbc's kelly evans. and "the washington post's" david ignatius. first up, we're staring down at the wind tunnel now but historic perfect political storm in the coming nine days of this campaign. and these closing days when we played out in mind games on both sides. the president saying he jist wants to hold on -- he just wants to hold on. >> what we have is a lead that we've maintained throughout this campaign. and we are going to just continue to drive home the message that there are two fundamentally different choices in this election. about where we take the country. chris: and he's on the air with a fear factor ad. >> 537. the number of votes that changed the course of american history. >> florida is too close to call. >> so this year, if you're thinking that your vote doesn't count, that it won't
the economy, stupid. friday the last jobs report before the election. last month, it gave the president a boost. will the october number matter more? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "time" magazine's joe klein. the bbc's katty kay. cnbc's kelly evans. and "the washington post's" david ignatius. first up, we're staring down at the wind tunnel now but historic perfect political storm in the coming nine days of this campaign. and these closing days when...
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jobs and the economy. jobs and the economy, something we'll be talking about here pretty quick, and that is, obviously, this long involvement and long and difficult struggle in afghanistan. >> well, that's exactly where i wanted to go next. we're learning more about staff sergeant robert bales who allegedly committed a massacre of civilians in afghanistan. multiple tours. this is a picture where he's been identified. as we learn more about him, father of two, apparently was having financial problems, you know, was behind on his mortgage, was quite disappointed to learn of a fourth tour between iraq and afghanistan. what are your thoughts about him and what we're learning about him? >> it's a great tragedy. it's a great tragedy and can i say that i am proud of the treatment of our veterans by the american people and our government and the president of the united states and the first lady, and i am very proud of all of that. tragedies ensue in wars. we've seen it in every war. that's why those who have known
jobs and the economy. jobs and the economy, something we'll be talking about here pretty quick, and that is, obviously, this long involvement and long and difficult struggle in afghanistan. >> well, that's exactly where i wanted to go next. we're learning more about staff sergeant robert bales who allegedly committed a massacre of civilians in afghanistan. multiple tours. this is a picture where he's been identified. as we learn more about him, father of two, apparently was having...